Hat-pin.



A. LARSEN. HAT PIN;

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1910.

Patented NOV. 1, 1910.

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AXEL LARSEN', OF PERTH AMBOY, JERSEY.

HAT-PIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1910.

Application filed May 21, 1910. Serial No. 562,624.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AXEL LARSEN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Perth Amboy, in the county of Middlesex and State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hat fasteners, and has for an object to provide a device of this character which is designed for convenient attachment to the hat and which is so constructed to obviate undue mutilation or puncturing of the crown of the hat.

Another object of the invention is to provide a fastener obviating the use of the pointed or pin-like obstructions and to construct the article to facilitate the adjustment of the hat on the head of the wearer.

In the drawing, forming a portion of this specification and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views :Figure 1 is a bottom plan view of a hat showing the application of my improved fastener thereto. Fig. 2 is a detail plan view of the fastener. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the combined stop and guide member.

I contemplate to construct a device which is designed for use upon ladies hats and to form the device of a design to fit the particular form of hat.

The hat A, as shown in the drawing, is provided on the rim B at points adjacent to the crown C with a pair of combined guide and stop members 1 each of which has perforated end portions 2 which are designed to be sewed or otherwise suitably fastened to the rim. Each guide member is formed at its center to provide an offset guide portion 3 on which is mounted a piv oted stop or retainer 4 having a finger 5 for a purpose to be hereinafter described. It may be mentioned that the said stop or retainer is formed preferably of springy sheet material.

Each guide member supports a fastening 6 which consists of companion pivoted spurs 7 whose outer extremities are formed to provide handles 8 on which are secured manipulating knobs 9 of any desired ornamental character. A spring 10 engages the handle portions 8 so as to hold the spurs normally closed against each other. Each spur is tapered preferably, throughout its entire length so as to form a pointed inner extremity to facilitate the engagement of such spur with the hair. each crimped 0r corrugated approximately throughout its entire length. While it is desirable to employ a pair of such fastenings as shown in detail in Fig. 2 of the drawing it will of course be understood that any suitable number may be employed and it may be also stated that I do not desire to resort particularly to the exact configuration of the spurs 7 as they may be changed within the skill of an ordinary mechanic so as to adapt them for use in connection with various styles of hair dressing.

The stop members 4 on the guides 1 are of such construction that their fingers 5 may be engaged between the handle portions of the spurs to hold the spurs in their adjusted positions when engaged with the hair and to prevent accidental loss of the fastening. Each fastening 6 is slidably supported by its respective guide member 1 so as to permit of its convenient insertion in or removal from the hair. It may be mentioned that upon inserting the device into the hair the handle members are manipulated to cause the spurs 7 to be spaced from each other and after adjustment of such spurs in the hair the handles are released, whereupon, under tension of the spring 10 the ends of the spurs will be closed against each other so as to cause the hair to be engaged with the spurs in a substantially wedge-like manner.

The stop members t may be made of any material which will permit of their being moved to a released position when it is desired to withdraw the hat pin.

I claim:

1. A hat fastener comprising a guide member, a pair of slidably mounted pivotally connected hair-engaging spurs, each spur being of a tapered construction approximately throughout its entire length, and a stop carried by the guide member and adapted to be engaged with the spurs to hold them against sliding movement in an outward direction.

2. A hat fastener comprising a guide The spurs are member, companion hair-engaging spurs pivotally connected with each other and adj ustably mounted in the said guide member, a stop supported by the said guide member and adapted to be engaged with the spurs to hold them in their adjusted positions, handles formed at the outer ends of the said spurs and a spring bearing on the handles to cause the said spurs to be yieldingly engaged with each other.

In testimony whereof I my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' AXEL LARSEN.

lVitnesses CHARLES HANNSEN, RUTH GRAAE. 

